Russian President Vladimir Putin made a bungled attempt to play the piano, but blamed "bad tuning" for his poor performance.

 
Putin's attempt was caught on camera by one of his staff who filmed their leader waiting for the arrival of the Chinese premier Xi Jinping for a meeting.
He sat down behind the impressive grand piano giving the impression he knew how to play well.
But within a few notes it was clear to see he was a little out of his depth.
Putin tried to play a few popular songs but blamed the out of tune piano
Sitting in a room in the Chinese state residence, Putin started tickling the ivories.
He attempted to play popular Soviet-era compositions, "Moscow Windows" and "Evening Song" before closing the lid and looking a little sheepish.
Asked at a news briefing in Beijing on Monday about his performance, Putin said he had just been idly toying around with the keys while he waited for his meeting to start.
He went on to blame the piano for not being in tune.
"It's a pity that the piano was out of tune," Putin said.
Chinese President Xi Jinping and Russian President Vladimir Putin wave
"It was quite hard to play, even for me, someone who plays with two fingers.
"I cannot say I played, I was just pressing the keys with two or three fingers.
"I thought that if Mr Peskov is filming, it's probably for personal use, for the archive," Putin said, referring to his spokesman, Dmitry Peskov.
The pair chatted ahead of a photo opportunity
The pair were meeting in China

Another reporter at the news conference asked what tune Putin would play for U.S. President Donald Trump if they were to meet.
"I don't know, I think we'd need to meet him, have a discussion, and depending on the result choose a melody," Putin replied.
The 64-year-old has demonstrated his skills on the piano in the past, although he has mostly cultivated a more macho image.
That has included riding a horse in Siberia, piloting a fire-fighting plane and diving in submersibles into the depths of Lake Baikal and the Black Sea off the Crimean coast.